A computer-implemented method for increasing safety during charging of a vehicle battery of a vehicle by a charging station, the method comprising the steps of calculating a forecast value for a maximum safe charging current by the controller of the vehicle based on sensor data generated by sensors of the vehicle and adjusting the charging current provided by the charging station in response to the forecast value of a maximum safe charging current.

The invention provides a multi-layer truck bed. The truck bed includes a frame, a layer of backer plates, and a layer of non-slip plates. The frame is under the layer of backer plates, the layer of backer plates is under the layer of non-slip plates. The truck bed is elongated in a first direction. The frame includes a plurality of metal crossmembers extending crosswise to the first direction. The backer plates are formed of a first metal, and the non-slip plates are formed of a second metal. The first metal has a higher strength than the second metal. In some embodiments, the invention provides a truck that includes the truck bed and has a material handler mounted thereon, and the material handler includes a boom.

A tower for a material handler includes a housing surrounding an interior space. The tower has an interior mounting system including a base plate through which a plurality of interior mount openings pass. The interior mount openings are located at positions of the base plate that are interior of the housing. In some embodiments, the tower is part of a material handler that also includes two stabilizers located on opposite sides of the tower, a platform located above the tower, and a boom projecting away from the platform.

The present invention relates to automatic and high throughput smart, robotic, autonomous or driver operated, self-propelled field crops harvester (SPFCH) device of row crops, characterized by the need of selecting harvesting ripen crop, during relative long period of time. Harvesting is done by one or more modular robotic harvesting arms hanged on modular booms. When harvesting orchards fruits the SPFCH comprise at least one hybrid robotic arms equipped with a grabbing hand aimed to grab one or more fruit of a an adjacent fruits and also cut its connecting stem, and arm transporting mechanism that gently collects the fruits and transport them to the SPFCH main accumulation area. When harvesting cotton, the SPFCH of the invention may further comprise vacuum sucking hoses and at least one ginning unit that gin the seed-cotton during harvesting and accumulate the seeds in a self-container, and the lint by bales processed, on board by self-press.

A hoist mechanism for lifting articles, such as a mobility scooter, into and from an interior of an automobile has a boom arranged to be mounted on the vehicle. A length of webbing depends from the boom and can be attached to the article to be lifted in use. An electric motor is configured to retract the webbing to provide lifting of the article by winding the webbing onto a spool. The boom has a mounting bracket. The spool is mounted to one side of the mounting bracket and the electric motor is mounted on the other side of the mounting bracket. The boom may take the form of a pivoting and swiveling armature. The boom may be releasably latched in a raised condition for use.

Lift assemblies and methods of operating same. A lift assembly for a vehicle includes at least one support member having a longitudinal axis lying on a plane and which is configured for attachment to the vehicle. A mast having a proximal end, a distal end, and a mast axis is pivotably coupled with the at least one support member at the mast proximal end. At least one gear arrangement is coupled between the at least one support member and the mast proximal end. The mast is pivotable relative to the at least one support member about an axis parallel with the plane through an angular displacement greater than 90 degrees. A boom is pivotably coupled with the mast proximate the mast distal end, and a first lift line is coupled with the boom.

The invention relates to a wind driven power plant comprising a nacelle having a nacelle cover and a helicopter hoisting platform, the nacelle further comprising a hatch extension and a hatch cover, the hatch extension being arranged between the nacelle cover and the hatch cover, wherein the hatch extension has a channel-like shape, wherein the hatch cover is mounted on top of the hatch extension, and wherein a the hatch extension provides a distance between the hatch cover and the nacelle cover.

A crane includes a control interface to receive an operating instruction defining a target position, and a controller to determine movements of crane components and to generate driving instructions to be applied to a system of hydraulic actuators. The controller estimates a pressure level of a required working pressure of a hydraulic pump of each of the hydraulic actuators for the determined movements, and compares the estimated pressure levels and identifies the hydraulic actuators as a high pressure function, or as a low pressure function, based on the comparisons. The controller determines a time period during a movement from a current position to a target position, in which only the hydraulic actuators identified as a high pressure function or as a low pressure function is/are activated, and generates driving instructions for the hydraulic actuators to perform the determined movements, including activation of the determined hydraulic actuators during the time period.

A distributed charging system (1) comprising a plurality of charging stations (2) transportable by charging station transport trucks (3), wherein each charging station transport truck (3) of the distributed charging system (1) has at least one lifting mechanism (4) adapted to lift at least one charging station (2) deployed on a ground floor onto a transport platform (3A) of the charging station transport unit (3) for transport to another location, wherein each transportable charging station (2) has at least one battery pack (2D) with rechargeable battery cells adapted to store electrical energy which is used to charge batteries of electrically powered vehicles (6) connected to charging stations (2) deployed on the ground floor, wherein the housing (2A) of the portable charging station (2) comprises a ground locking interface unit (2C) adapted to lock the charging station (2) mechanically and/or electrically to a base frame (5) of the distributed charging system (1) installed on the ground floor.

A sideboard loading attachment for a utility vehicle includes a pair of lift arms coupled to box sides of the vehicle, a crossbar extending between distal ends of the projection arms, and a pair of lift actuators for raising and lowering the lift arms, whose distal ends can extend rearwardly from the vehicle when fully extended. A cable hoist is coupled to the utility vehicle and has a cable reeved over a pulley at the crossbar. The cable hoist raises and lowers the cable at the crossbar, and the lift actuators actuate the lift arms to raise a load up forwardly over the box of the utility vehicle.